AMD Radeon HD 8670D vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8670D and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 844 MHz vs 700 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1980 vs 1679
Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1980 vs 1679
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3340 vs 3077
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 3077

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2013 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	844 MHz vs 700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340 vs 3077
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340 vs 3077

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1092 vs 529
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 186
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2070 vs 920
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2070 vs 920

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	800 vs 384
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1092 vs 529
PassMark - G2D Mark	224 vs 186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2070 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2070 vs 920

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8670D
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

529

1092

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

186

224

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

920

2070

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

920

2070

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980

1679

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3077

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3077

Name	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
PassMark - G3D Mark	529	1092
PassMark - G2D Mark	186	224
Geekbench - OpenCL	2090
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	920	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	920	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1980	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1980	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3077
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		98.606

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 3	TeraScale 2
Code name	Richland	Broadway
Launch date	4 June 2013	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1197	1200
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	844 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	800
Floating-point performance		1,120.0 gflops
Texture fill rate		28 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		50 Watt
Transistor count		1,040 million
API support
DirectX	11	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		4000 MHz
Memory type		DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Technologies
HDMI 1.3a